[ How novel, for a bunch of people to have context about your history, and to bring it up in conversation without you having supplied it. ]

Sure.

[ Or— ]

Pepper had, anyway, [ god knows, ten times over. He amends; ] I don't know. It was like the worst thing had already happened? Like, hands down, beyond my wildest expectations worst case scenario. I didn't have anything left to give, but we wanted to make something out of it. Had to.

[ A little suit-shrug whir. ]

At least back home, we only got a taster. I'd rather we don't resort to time travel.